CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - England were escorted to their hotel by around 50 armed commandos after returning to India on Monday for their two-test tour.
The England team, who decided on Sunday to resume the tour aftger curtailing a one-day series following last month's militant attacks in Mumbai, arrived in two batches from Abu Dhabi.

CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Heavily-armed guards patrolled the boundary of Chennai's Chidambaram Stadium on Monday as the city prepared to host this week's first test between England and India following last month's Mumbai terror attacks.
The tourists were to arrive later on Monday from Abu Dhabi where the squad was training, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.

England will go ahead with a two-Test series in India after receiving security assurances following the Mumbai terror attacks, it was announced at their training base here Sunday.
Officials also confirmed that England would be travelling with a full-strength squad following reports that senior players Stephen Harmison and Andrew Flintoff were uncertain about whether to play in India.

Kent fast-bowler Amjad Khan has been called up by England to replace the injured Ryan Sidebottom in the squad for the scheduled two-Test tour of India.
Born in Denmark, Khan will join Kevin Pietersen's squad if they decide later on Sunday to return to India following last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

LONDON (Reuters) - England fast bowler Steve Harmison would probably return to India next week to play a two-test series if the latest security report was positive, he said on Sunday.
"Though I've still got a load of questions about the rights and wrongs of going back, on the balance of probabilities I reckon I will if the security report is positive," Harmison wrote in a column for The Mail on Sunday.

International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan has urged fans to join him in attending the upcoming India-England Test series and so demonstrate that "we will not be dictated to by terrorists".
The future of the two-Test campaign was called into question following last month's terror attacks in Mumbai which left 172 people dead.

England coach Peter Moores is convinced the entire squad will travel to India for the two-Test series should final security clearance be granted on Sunday.
The squad are at a training camp here while they await the report of England and Wales Cricket Board security advisor Reg Dickason, who is in India assessing security ahead of the series which is due to start in Chennai on Thursday.

India's cricket selectors resurrected the Test career of Yuvraj Singh on Thursday by naming him for the two-match series against England starting next week.
The left-hander was included in a 15-man squad for the series that England said will go ahead pending a security clearance, following last week's attacks on Mumbai by armed militants that killed 188 and injured nearly 300.

Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf said Friday that visa problems may prevent him being at next week's first Test between India and England after it was relocated following the Mumbai attacks.
Rauf said his Mumbai visa would not allow him to travel to Chennai, where the match is now scheduled to be held, and the Indian High Commission was closed for the Eid celebrations.

Head coach Peter Moores has admitted England will be seriously under-prepared for next week's first Test with India.
After flying home in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, Kevin Pietersen's squad were due Thursday to fly to Abu Dhabi before a scheduled return to India early next week, days before the first Test starts on Thursday, December 11 in Chennai.